The Banning And Censorship Of Books

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Our daily choices; Do they really affect the way our lives are played? Something we may not think about often while loafing around at the house all day is how much our reactions and responses connect to how your day goes. Essentially, this closely relates to the banning and censorship we see in bookstores and libraries perpetually. I, myself, believe that the actions of sensitive parents who worry about the content their children read, affects the education and facts that they are learning from literature. A person's decision impacts others in an utmost way, because they provoke us to behave and act in specific ways, especially when it comes to cautious content in books and the censorship of them. To illustrate this idea and relate it to a …show more content…

Before his life of writing literature, which began in 2003 when Boy meets Boy was published, his life was fairly average, and for the most part, he was contented. After his first book, he had found a passion for young-adult fiction, and currently works at Scholastic as an editorial director. Levithan also has a whole slew of books he has created that have been challenged or banned by school libraries around the country. He noticed his recent story Two Boys Kissing being pulled off shelves, and he argued, “It is about two boys kissing. Why hide that? What good would that do? The people who are going to object to two boys kissing on the cover were going to object to the book from the moment I typed the first sentence.” Other than that, Levithan has not said much about the censorship about his books, mainly because he knows exactly why certain book carriers would remove his work; and it’s believable that he knows how some adults would react and how they would affect the popularity of his novel. But with all in mind, Levithan is like an excellent poet when it comes to …show more content…

If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.” I myself firmly agree to this statement she has addressed, and it correctly proves that what we do to change can affect us. If parents of a child are worried about a book their child reads, it’s probably a good idea to talk to them about the content; not just studying the book's plot and assuming that it’s too inappropriate and ill-suited for their child to read. If this message is spread to parents worried about the text kids are viewing, censorship levels would decrease a great deal. With less censorship, children at a young age can actually learn more and become more advanced. Of course, this doesn’t mean to throw 50 Shades of Grey in children’s libraries, but books that are challenged for silly reasons can be thrown in. Little ones can know more about the real world, in moderation. So let’s stop banning books for sensitive reasons and know more about the actuality of our